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Other EU states are also taking extreme action, with Austria prohibiting gatherings of more than five people from Monday.
The moves follow stringent steps taken by France and Spain on Saturday.
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This priest in Barcelona stated Mass from his empty church through YouTube.
Spain recorded 97 more deaths and 2,00 0 brand-new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nation’s overall death toll to 288 and total number of cases to 7,753
France, with 4,469 confirmed cases and 91 deaths, is holding regional elections, in spite of the shutting of coffee shops, restaurants and a lot of shops.
In Switzerland, the number of infections have actually jumped by 800 to reach 2,200 in simply 24 hours.
The borders will close at 08: 00 (07: 00 GMT) on Monday, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer informed press reporters
Nevertheless, goods will continue to flow between the countries and commuters may still cross the borders, federal government sources stated previously.
The aim is to include coronavirus but likewise supposedly to suppress panic-buying by immigrants which has actually led to some supply issues in the border areas.
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Some border traffic will continue.
Three of Germany’s neighbours – Poland, the Czech Republic and Denmark – have already closed their borders or introduced extreme limitations.
Meanwhile, Portugal enforced controls on its border with Spain to begin on Monday.
Nervous whispers in the sunlight
By Imogen Foulkes, BBC News, Bern
For everybody here, life has changed. Parents are frantically looking for childcare following Friday’s statement that schools will close from Monday. Countless families who scheduled Easter holidays abroad need to cancel: there are couple of countries the Swiss can travel to at the minute.
But on this bright weekend, people are out and about. Dining establishments are restricted to 50 people but organisation is quite vigorous. Tables are 2m (6ft) apart and disinfected frequently.
One elderly woman, carefully washing her hands after enjoying a hot chocolate, says she knows it is essential to follow the rules. But, she adds, “I won’t stop social contact.” And yet that is exactly what the federal government desires her to do.
Meanwhile a waitress whispers that she doesn’t think the restaurant will stay open a lot longer. She’s stressed for her task. In canton Ticino, and in Basel, the dining establishments are already closed.
What is taking place in other EU states?
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz advised individuals to self-isolate and banned gatherings of more than five people since Monday.
He added the UK, the Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine to a list of nations, entry to whose people is limited. Schools and many stores will be closed from Monday, following an earlier announcement.
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In the Netherlands, bars, sports clubs, sex shops and coffee bar will be shut from Sunday night.
In other advancements:
- Slovakia declared a state of emergency
- A man of 75 ended up being the very first individual to die with coronavirus in Hungary
- No one will be enabled to get in the Republic of Cyprus without a medical certificate validating they do not have coronavirus, and those who do face obligatory 14- day quarantine
- The prime minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babis, is proposing to put the whole country under quarantine after cases rose from 214 to 231, without any deaths
- Romania, which has 123 cases, is set to declare a state of emergency situation on Monday
What are Spain and France doing?
On Saturday Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated citizens need to not leave home, other than for buying vital products and medications, or for work.
The state of emergency situation there will last for 2 weeks – more if considered necessary and parliament authorizes.
In France the closure – which went into force at 23: 00 GMT on Saturday – applies to dining establishments, coffee shops, cinemas and nightclubs in addition to non-essential services.
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There has been criticism of the choice to enable elections in France.
Prime Minister Édouard Philippe likewise asked individuals to decrease their travel, specifically between towns, in the nation of 63.5 million.
Nevertheless, crowds of individuals could be seen out delighting in the sunshine on Sunday in the green areas of Paris.
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